Foldable table and case therefor convertible into benches



G. SHETOKIN.

FOLDABLE TABL'E'AND CASE THEREFOR CONVERTIBLE INTO BENCHES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, I917- Patented July 1, 1919.

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GEORGE SHETOKIN, F PORTLAND, OREGON.

FOLIDAIBLE TABLE CASE THEREFOR CONVERTIBLE INTO BENCHES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1919.

Application filed June 30, 191-7. Serial No. 178,045.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, GEoneE SI-IETOKIN, a

citizen or subject of the Government of Russia, and a resident of the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Foldable Table and Case Therefor Convertible into Benches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the providing of a compact, foldable table, such as is suitable for camping purposes, and a case made in two sections or sides, each formed like a half box, and each section being convertible into a bench. My invention further consists in providing the foldable table with a carrying strap, so that it may be conveniently carried like a suit-case; and to so construct the case sections that they may be brought into abutment with each other about said handle and permit the latter to project. Also to provide means for holding one case section on the other, and further -to provide auxiliary carrying straps on the ends of the ease sections, these straps also serving to hold the case sections together in cooperation with said means for holding the case sections one on the other.

The details of construction whereby the above described special features are attained, and others incidental thereto are hereinafter fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective of one of the case sides with the legs thereof folded in;

Fig. 2 shows, in perspective, one of the case sides set up as a bench;

Fig. 3 shows this case with the table, folded, placed therein; 7

Fig. 4 shows, in perspective, both sides of the case as inclosing the folded table, the handle of the table projecting between the abutting faces of the case sides;

Figs. 5 and 6 are details of one of the lockplates provided on the inner side of each case-side for fastening the free ends of the struts of the legs of the case-side when set up as a bench;

Fig. 7 shows one of the companion lockplates with which the free ends of the struts are provided;

Fig; 8 is a detail of the locks provided at the ends of the case-sides for locking the latter together;

Fig. 9 is a detail of the means provided for securing the free end of the carrying straps (provided at each end of the case) to the companion case side;

Fig. 10 shows a perspective of the table carried in said case as folded;

1 Fig. 11 shows this table as stood up on its egs;

Fig. 12 shows the table top, which is made with compartments and folding leaves, as having some of the latter turned back or outward, and the cover for the central compartment removed;

Fig. 13 shows such cover; and

Fig. 14 shows all the leaves of the table top turned back, so as to expose all the compartments.

I heretofore obtained Letters Patent of the United States for an improvement in camping outfits, dated April 24, 1917, No. 1,224,098, andmy present invention in a way concerns the further improvement of the device in said Letters Patent disclosed.

The table, as shown in Figs. 11, 12 and 14, consists of a box-like top, a, mounted on folding legs I), the corner legs being tied together by a bar 0, to which is hinged a strut 03. Means are provided for locking the free ends of the struts in place when the table is set up, so as to thereby hold the legs I) in rigid position. These means may be of similar construction as those provided for holding the free ends of the struts of the folding legs provided in the sectional case of my table, and which case sections or sides are adapted to be converted into benches, as hereinafter described, and therefore the construction of said locking means will be described in connection with the describing of the construction of said case sections.

The table top is provided with a series of compartments, as e, and folding covers therefor, as f, f, g, g which fold outward when the compartments 6 are to be exposed, as illustrated in Fig. 14, and are folded inward when closing the compartments-first the cover leaves 7, f, then the cover leaves g, g'as illustrated by Figs. 11 and 12, the piece shown in Fig. 13 fitting in between the cover leaves 7, f for closing the central compartment of the table top. The foldin cover leaf 9 is provided with a cleat h, an the cover leaves are held in closed position by hooks and eyes z', z" provided at both ends.

The case comprises two sides or sections of such half boxes is provided withcorner irons 70, so as to hold the companion half section in place. The abutting edges at the top of the two case sections j, j have portions cut away, as at Z, so as to accommodate the handle m with which the table is provided. The ends of the two case sections 9', j are provided with means for locking them together, such, for example as illustrated in Fig. 8, in which the tongue n is adapted to be inserted in the opening therefor provided in the lock 0, and the latter is provided with a springcontrolled hinged member 10, having an orifice 79 so as to receive the stud q. The member 17 is first lifted, then the tongue at is inserted in the opening of the lock 0, and finally the member 29 is brought down on the plate a so as to engage with the stud 9.

To further hold the case sections 7', j together I fasten at each end of one of such sections, a strap 1". The companion section is provided at each end with an angular plate 8, and the straps r are provided with hooks t which may be inserted in the plates 8. The strapso constitute handles for the ends, which renders the carrying about of the case more convenient, and, besides, when so carried about, the pull on the strap handle r tends to hold the case sides j together andthus relieve proportionately the strain on the locking devices shown in Fig. 8 uniting the ends of the case sections.

At each end of each case side and close to the inner face thereof are hinged legs it provided with cross pieces a, to which are hinged struts o by staples o. For securing the'free endsof the struts o in place when arranged to hold the legs a in set-up posi tion said free ends are formed with angular portions and a lip '0 and on such angular portions o is pivoted a lock plate c On the inner face of the case sides are secured lock plates w provided with a flange to having a slot 20 for receiving the lock plate 0*, and another slot 203 for receiving the rib v The extremities of the struts o are secured in the lock plate to as follows: First the rib o of the angular portion o of the strut o is inserted in the slot 20 of the lock plate to, and then the lock plate 0 is turned at an angle on its pivot so as to 'be brought into the slot 10 of the flange w of the lock plate to. This arrangement, as obvious, secures the struts and legs in set-up condition as illustrated in Fig. 2. Knobs m are preferably provided at the corners of the case, sides for the common purpose of protecting the corners;

Projecting plates y, y are provided at the. ends of one of the case sides, to be brought into locking engagement with companion pieces provided on an automobile, where my case is to be supported on the running board of the latter.

I claim:

l. In combination with a foldable table provided with a carrying handle substantially as described, a case consisting of two sections or sides each in the form of a half box and provided with foldable legs and means for rigidly supporting the latter when extended thereby adapting such section to be converted into a bench, means for latchingsaid sections together, and the opposed portions of the abutting edges of said sections having portions cut away so as to permit these edges to be placed in abutment and with the handle of the folded table projecting therethrough.

2. In combination with a fol'dable table provided with a carrying handle substantially as described, a case consisting of two sections or sides each in the form of a half box and provided with foldable legs and means for rigidly supporting the latter when extended thereby adapting such secby hold said sections one on the other, means for latching said sections together, and the opposed portions of the abutting edges of said sections having portions cut away so as to permit these edges to be placed in abutment and with the handle of the folded table projecting therethrough.

3. In combination with a foldable table provided with a carrying handle substantially as described, a case consisting of two sections or sides eachin the form of a half box, and provided with foldable legs and means for rigidly supporting the latter when extended thereby adapting such section to. be converted into a bench, one of said sections being provided with projections adapted for overlapping the abutting portions of the companion section and thereby hold said sections one on the other, means for latching said sections; together, the opposed portions of the abutting edges of said sections having port-ions cut away so as to permit these edges to be placed in butment and with the handle of the folded table projecting therethrough, handles at the ends of said case, each handle, consisting of a strap fastened to one section of the case and means for detachably securing the other end of the strap to the other section, and said overlapping portions and end handles of the case providing auxiliary means for holding the sections of the latter together.

GEORGE Sl-IETOKIN.

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